More Comment – Page 70
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OpinionWhatever the politicians decide in Paris, industry's resolve must not falter
Construction accounts for half of global energy and water consumption - but is also best-placed to make the economic case for sound environmental practices, says Clare Bowman
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OpinionDesign panels must be given power that extends beyond ticket barriers
Genuine independence is essential if we want to harness the real value of design advisers, writes Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionDevelopers won't spend money on the best architects if the results are later trashed
We used to think we could ‘improve’ old masters. What makes us think buildings are any less precious, asks the man behind Terry Farrell’s 76 Fenchurch Street
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OpinionHolding guilty buildings to account
Novelist Orhan Pamuk, creator of The Museum of Innocence, questions whether buildings are really so sinless. His conclusion is welcomed by Annabel Wharton whose new book accuses an art gallery of murder
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OpinionHow London’s future depends on seven inexpensive bridges
In a week of announcements about new Thames crossings, Terry Farrell argues that building multiple low-level bridges in the east could unlock hundreds of thousands of homes
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OpinionHomeland insecurity: Of castles and flatshares
Parisians’ instinctive response to the terrorist attacks - throwing open their doors to strangers - is one demonstration of our changing attitude to ‘home’, says Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionWe face a race against time to save our exceptional post-modern heritage
Po-mo is threatened by a building boom and its own fleeting unpopularity. But it’s not the first style to face this peril and we need to stop reinventing the wheel, writes Adam Nathaniel Furman
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OpinionHow small practices can adopt BIM without hiring an expensive BIM manager
The author of a new BIM handbook for smaller architects has some practical advice for those hesitating to take the plunge
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OpinionClimate change will force us to think much bigger than floating houses
It’s good news that urbanism will be on the agenda at next month’s climate talks, but they’re unlikely to do more than scratch the surface of a topic that will engage architects and planners for decades to come, writes Hank Dittmar
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OpinionElisabeth Scott's passport out of the shadows
Once the most famous ‘girl architect’ in the country, Elisabeth Scott spent the rest of her career in relative obscurity. Her appearance as one of only two women in the new passport is welcomed by Gillian Darley
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OpinionIs it ever worth calling in the lawyers? (by a lawyer)
David Chipperfield is the latest high-profile architect to take a client to court, but every architect will face that dilemma at some point in their career. Lawyer Laurence Cobb urges caution
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OpinionThe future of architectural education – can it work in practice?
Giving students more practical experience is a good thing - but it could place an unbearable burden on small firms, warns Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionWe need to build homes the Netflix generation actually want
Amanda Baillieu welcomes Venice’s focus on the housing of the future
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OpinionWhy you need to go to an elite university to win the Stirling Prize
Where architects study is a depressingly good predictor of whether they’ll succeed, argues Paul McGrath
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OpinionYou might as well knock down the London Eye as demolish Hyde Park Barracks
Basil Spence should be celebrated for his efforts to give people access to ‘light, space, greenery’, says James Dunnett
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OpinionWhy Hyde Park Barracks deserves to be demolished
The campaign to save Basil Spence’s lowering landmark ignores the building’s utter failure to engage with its urban context, argues Ike Ijeh
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OpinionLos Angeles looks to Europe for help with its reinvention
Los Angeles is undergoing its biggest construction boom since the 1980s but regeneration plans are having to battle against suburban spread, economic and racial segregation and a reluctance among locals to leave their cars. Ike Ijeh takes a look
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OpinionBritain must tie planning consent to architects not sites if we are to halt insane land speculation
As soon as a site is sold on with consent, quality is compromised. We need to create a financial incentive to encourage developers to build their schemes, argues Anthony Thistleton-Smith
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OpinionWill someone please sort out this mess
The Housing Standards Review has spawned a litany of inconsistencies. Julia Park knocks some heads together
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OpinionWhen will Stirling laureates be allowed to quote from Wren?
If pastiche is so bad, why is it OK to be influenced by Breuer or the Smithsons, asks Hank Dittmar